Mk1 Polo Project

tommmineh

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More pics... brought some stuff up to uni to be getting on with.

Wiring loom

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Started polishing the manifold, proper pain in the ass of a job!

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Tom B

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Keep the head, injection, etc from the GT, then stick it on the ABD bottom end - 90bhp apparently!

One of my friends has just scrapped an ABD Golf, but its down in Northampton
 

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looks nicer and nicer,,, don't know if it's been posted before but have you got any plans for the alloys? [ok, maybe it's early yet,,, :D]

I also see a nice music man bass in the wiring loom pic,,, what's that? a sterling or a sting ray?
 

tommmineh

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Thanks for all the comments people :)

Keep the head, injection, etc from the GT, then stick it on the ABD bottom end - 90bhp apparently!

One of my friends has just scrapped an ABD Golf, but its down in Northampton

Bummer, I'm going to have a search round the scrappys round here on my Easter break, but will bare that in mind as Northampton aint too far away.

Twin 40s... bye bye GT injection ;)

I had planned to get an ABD bottom end, but the heads on the ABD and 3F are identical, so thought why not find a nicely running ABD lump and drop it straight in, I'm trying to cut down on a few things (like full engine rebuild) so I can actually finish the thing for the summer (financially and time-wise).

I will be using the GT cam though :)

looks nicer and nicer,,, don't know if it's been posted before but have you got any plans for the alloys? [ok, maybe it's early yet,,, :D]

I also see a nice music man bass in the wiring loom pic,,, what's that? a sterling or a sting ray?

It's a stingray mate, if you cast your mind back a year or so we had a thread on here about guitars and I posted it up there. You play too don't you? Ibanez...?

For alloys I'm going to be running wide 13s or 14s, hopefully splits. I have some ideas about what I want but I daren't start properly looking yet as I'll find some I have to buy and can't afford!
 

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should have said - just cut 2 in half for a throttle body design

already been cleaned and polished - would have been an ideal swap :)
 

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CARBS!! :drool:

It's a stingray mate, if you cast your mind back a year or so we had a thread on here about guitars and I posted it up there. You play too don't you? Ibanez...?

I remember more than a thread about guitars/basses,,,

I got a few of the stuff,,, a cheap yamaha-like wooden lump [first bass], a cheap Ibanez RG-270 guitar for house riffage/demoing/quick recordings, a 1963 Hofner 173 guitar [it really has a sould and when you play it, it plays along with you :D] a modified ESP LTD F-205 bass with an EMG 40DC and an EMG HZ [hybrid active-passive setup] which got spanked by my friend's music man sterling which I helped changing the pickup for a SD basslines series one,,, that thing really humiliated my mahogany LTD so I decided to buy another LTD, this time it's an SM-405 but it's made outta swamp ash [like the sterling] and maple, it's neckthru and stringthru and comes already loaded with all active EMGs,,, I'm still waitin for it to come to my house,,,

back on topic, I'd suggest, if you gotta rebuild the engine [I know you'd prefer not to,,,] get the head properly done and lighten the flywheel so to make the engine a lil more revvy,,, it is good and avisable to take the time and effort to take each engine to its best shape, something you'll never have with the engines comin outta the factory,,,
 

tommmineh

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Hey Carlo, sounds like a nice little collection. About all else I have is a Squire P-Bass which was my 1st. My dad and brother are big into guitars with about 20 between them, Dad has some really nice 60s and 70s Gibson semi-acoustics which just sound awesome.

Engine wise I totally appreciate what you're saying about doing the head. I plan to lighten the flywheel, but can't justify the cost of doing the head. I know I should and especially with having 40s :( But the cost of building this car is getting pretty big, especially me being a student. The list of stuff left to buy includes wheels and tyres, interior retrim, exhaust, paint supplies, complete braking system rebuild cry: engine and clutch service. And have all the suspension components, engine mounts, caliper, fan shroud etc blasted and powdercoated in a contrasting colour to the car.
I daren't even add up the total of this lot :blink:

I like to think of it a bit more as a rolling project, there's no way in hell I'm going to sell it so next winter can wait for more serious upgrades, fully rebuilt engine, cam, wishbone conversion, coilovers etc etc. I just want to drive the damn thing this summer!

Anyways enough rambling. A bit of my inspiration....

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I also build amps mate, it's great fun,,, I built a mesa boogie dual rectifier guitar preamp and now I'm about to finish a bogner ecstasy replica,,,
Next thing I'm gonna try something for my bass,,,



This one looks stunning! I'd just go for non-black wheels and that would be it,,,

I also like the engine shot, nice strut bar job with the weldings on the chassis and stunning polishin job of the rocker cover! Yours with the polished carbs will look even cooler,,, and yes, take your time with everything, you rush it, you ruin it,,,
 

Tom B

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I have many other inspiring MK1 Polo pics, but I have no time to upload them! Shame!

Personally, my favourite Mk1 was actually an Audi 50, it was grey metallic (same shade as that MK1 TT Grey, but metallic) with chrome bumpers and them 4 spoke wheels with painted centres and a polished lip. The timestamp on the pic says 2003 and it was German so I guess its changed a lot since then :)
 

tommmineh

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Howdy folks, thought I'd drop in as I'm just about finished with uni work so finally got my free time. The Ibiza is still in the family, my brothers put about 25k on it since July, and I gave it him with about 60k on it, hard to belive we bought it at just 16k! It's for sale soon though if anyone's interested? I'll no doubt stick a for sale thread up on here.

Anyhow, thought I'd updated since last time but appears not, so....

Boring stuff first, all the wiring is sorted and ready to be wrapped. Worked out exactly how much I need to extend the bits I need to so that'll be getting ordered soon.

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More excitingly, I have a new engine! After all this talk of sticking a 1400 bottom end on my GT head, I saw a low-mileage GT head with 1.4 bottom end and GT box for sale. Recently built and made some very healthy power figures with its previous bike carb and uprated cam setup. So that got bought and picked up in the boot of my mk2 loon. Old engine got split and sold and I've near enough made my money back, which is nice.

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Would have been rude not to test fit it with the other bits.

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Also over Easter we had a major clearout in the barn where I keep my car. Also fixed the power so we don't have to keep using a extension reel from the house :rolleyes: Got some racking to keep all the parts on (already filled 2 stables with stuff) Did all this mainly so I could let me friends use it to restore their cars, firstly, a 1957 beetle.

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tommmineh

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Secondy, a 1979 VW Derby (basically a mk1 polo with a boot [B)])

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That ones now rolled over like mine was, its in a really bad state, most would've towed it straight to the yard, but we're gonna turn it into a beast. G40? :yes:

ANYWAYS, back to my mk1, mainly been concetrating on the bodywork to get it ready for some primer, so we welded that plate up that I was test fitting last time.

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Repairing the rear corner...

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New rear valance

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tommmineh

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To the front... inner wings were in a really bad way, so got crafty with the sheet metal and made some new ones.

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Really happy with how these turned out

More panel making, the corner of the scuttle tray was pretty rotten, I'd actually done a half-decent fibreglass(!!!) repair last year. Thought I may aswell do it properly though.

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(see note left by my mate :happy:)
 
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